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A review by lovelymisanthrope
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I was excited to pick up the third book in this series. 
“Onyx Storm” continues to follow Violet as her and her and her classmates have to travel to seek new allies. The war is getting worse, and they are going to need all of the help they can get if they want to save their home and their people. 
This novel ended up being very okay to me. It certainly did not grip me in the same way that the previous two novels did, but it definitely has its memorable moments. I do agree with a lot of the reviews that I have seen that say it felt very info-dumpy in the beginning. There were so many new names and places that it felt like we were supposed to know right away. 
This installment felt like it was just written to shock us as a reader. There is violence, family drama, and romance all meant to make the reader swoon more than they probably would have if this was the first installment in a series or a standalone fantasy. 
The ending of this novel is an even bigger cliffhanger than the previous two, which I think says a lot because the previous two novels had major cliffhangers. I am definitely so curious to find out the why of what is going on that for that reason alone I will pick up the next book. 
I am still invested in this series out of curiosity, but I am slightly disappointed in the writing direction it is going. 
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